Another quiet week but the first Redwings dropped in on
Tuesday…
and overlapped with the last Swallows which were seen up
until at least Thursday. Chiffchaffs, including a couple of singing birds, were
also still present all week.
The large Jay movement on the continent (e.g. 30,000 counted
passing over one German site in a single morning) was probably responsible for
the appearance of half a dozen birds in the parish this week.
Heavy rain had led to flooding in the Bottom Fields in
Ainderby but despite some nice looking habitat bird pickings were pretty slim.
Around 100 Black-headed Gulls were joined by a dozen Herring Gulls, Mallard
numbers peaked at 46 but a single Little Grebe and three Teal were the only
other waterfowl…
Waders were represented by a single Snipe, a flock of 20 Golden Plover and 22 Lapwing. A larger flock of Lapwings, around 200, were on
wet fields near the river…
I am also continuing my slow progress on trying to identify
fungi with this large Puffball down Potter’s Lane…
And what I think are Golden Scaly Cap (Pholiota aurivella)
near the Christmas Tree plantation...
